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TIL There was so much fighting on the Normandy beaches on D-Day, that it is estimated about 4% of the sand is actually shrapnel

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0dk75 TIL: Between 800 and 1349 AD, the Colosseum was converted into a residential apartment building
KR9Q TIL of Dan and Fran Keller, an innocent couple recently released from prison after 20 years, who were convicted, by pseudo psychotherapists and Christians, of abusing and dismembering children in Satanic Rituals
VOoG TIL Comcast disabled fast-forwarding for their on-demand service to force people to watch commercials
6lRY TIL that physicist Arthur Eddington was told, “Professor Eddington, you are one of three people in the world who understand relativity.” Eddington remained silent. The reporter continued, “Don’t be modest, Eddington!” Eddington replied, “Actually, I’m trying to think who the third person is.”
MeRg0 TIL that Pres. Hoover once ordered the US army to attack US veterans. In 1932, 17,000 unemployed WWI vets camped at the Washington Mall to demand payment owed to them. Hoover ordered the army to clear the camp, so the veterans were attacked with bayonets, tear gas, and tanks.